Programs

Life Works Foundation was created to help families, businesses, and communities have a better quality of life. Some of the areas of impact are on wellness, the economy, and life satisfaction, as well as their interconnection to each other. Utilizing research and collaborating with experts, Life Foundations works with communities, businesses, and other foundations.

School Programs

Creating custom made programs for both educators and students on the following: 

• Resiliency 
• Preventing Compassion Fatigue 
• Mindfulness 
• Communication & Collaboration
• Creating Purpose, Goal Setting, and Hope

Community Support Programs

Connecting communities to research and resources designed to help groups achieve optimal levels of recovery, wellness, and mental health by:

• Helping with the flow of learning and presentation of information to groups.
• Connecting experts to programs for learning and development.

• Assisting with tracking the experience and outcomes.

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Through presentations & collaborations, we have served First Responders, Educators, Business Leaders, Clinicians, and Community Leaders.

John Edmonson giving an interactive presentation to a local community group.

Testimonials

Samantha Horwits
9/11 First Responder, Former United States Secret Service Agent & Speaker
“Healing from the heart.”
“Tried and true tactics that work!” 
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Michael Scott Smith
Chief Operating Officer, Make-A-Wish® North Texas
​​…beyond our expectations and extremely well received…
…great feedback from many staff..
…they were putting new learning into practice.

Research Model

To achieve and maintain optimum results, Life Works Foundation uses a multimodel outreach program offering scholarships, events, retreats, corporate training, as well as certifications. ​Our model includes the following components:

• Data Collection, Interpretation, and Documentation
• Scholarships
• Community Education
• Partnerships
• Certifications

Collaborative Research Studies

Life Works Foundation is looking to team up with individuals, groups, and organizations interested in helping advance our research and reach. Whether it be sharing expertise, offering services and consultations, media support (podcasts, shows), or other areas.​ We also work with those in need of or who are interested in our research and programs. 

 ​In partnership with others, Life Works Foundation's current research is focused on the following areas:​

ETT

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Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT), a therapeutic method incorporating the use of light, color wavelengths, and eye movements, aims to rapidly transform emotional distress and related physical pain into a positive emotional state. 

Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT)
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Life Works Foundation collaborates with Dr. Steve Vasquez, his associates, Healing Springs Ranch, and The Collin Ross Institute to integrate ETT into residential treatment with notable results.

​Life Works Foundation also seeks funding and collaborative partnerships to continue this work at Healings Springs Ranch and other settings.​

Anger Management

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Integrated Anger Management
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​Modern science continues to demonstrate the body-mind connection. And, although there are notable cognitive interventions for the reduction of anger, there are also many neurobiological, experiential, and somatically based solutions being offered and researched around the world.
  
Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaboration to continue to support the measurement of experiential forms of anger management, using an integrative approach both in residential and external settings.

Media Solutions

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It is tragic to know there are many answers to our family, health, and professional needs that we do not hear about or are not easily shared.

Life Works Foundation is solving this problem through the integration of multiple forms of media. From TV to podcasts to blogs and presentations, we continually aim to share innovation with others and welcome invitations to share our findings with new audiences.

Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaborative relationships to continue to share, not just a message of Hope, but also a message of How the world can become a better place along with helping make our many dreams and aspirations can become a reality.

 Communities

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Personality Assessments, Communities, & Health
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Personality assessments have been used for years to assist both young and more seasoned professionals to  find a better fit for employment, employees, life work, or even assigning workers on a project.

Presently there is a robust number of opportunities to continue to apply these assessments in the professional and academic world as well as in communities, health, wellness, and optimum performance.
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Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaborative relationships to explore those opportunities and improve lives through the integration of personality assessments.

From Alternative to
​Evidenced Based​

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​Many tools and modalities such as Mindfulness, Tai Chi, and Yoga, were once considered, “alternative.” Yet, today they are seen as evidence-based and highly effective. Now the question is, what other tools and ways of centering the body and mind are available and ready to bring to the right group? 

​Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaborative relationships to explore methods to improve lives through their integration and evaluation.

Dietary

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Integrated Dietary Study
 
​As more research has been conducted over the years, there is constantly an increase of data that demonstrates that a smart diet tailored to one’s body, life habits, and needs, can, not only improve one’s physical but also the individual's mental health as well.

​Life Works Foundation does not seek to replace modern medical or mental health treatment through diet or other innovations, rather it seeks funding and collaboration to continue to support the measurement of diet to create optimum mental and physical health outcomes in residential and/or external settings.  

Optimum Performance 

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What is your full potential? What education, experience, or support do you, your business, athletic or artistic team, and even family need to show up as the best version of self?
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It’s a question that Life Works Foundation wants to help answer through funding and collaboration to facilitate, support, and measure the benefits of physical, psychological, functional, or neurological solutions and innovations to self-cultivation, resiliency, and optimum performance. 

Art Therapy & Expressive Arts

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​Art Therapy has proven to be an effective solution for those that need support to work through trauma or other life challenges. Its ability to empower all individuals from challenged to very high functioning participants to achieve awareness, integration, and resolution to move forward with their lives. But the question is, who else needs this “Art” they may not otherwise turn to? Where and how else can this wisdom be gleamed and integrated into wellness, education, performance, and life?

How else can the expressive arts, such as music, dance, performance… be used to help one find peace, improve abilities, and become more skilled in the “Art of Life?”

Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaborative relationships to answer those questions.​

Mindfulness

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The use of Mindfulness, once considered an alternative method, has been highly researched globally and now demonstrated tangible results in improving performance, mental, and physical health.

Yet, there is still a limitless number of those in need of Mindfulness that have not fully understood how to apply the practice, explored all its versus approaches and/or integrated it into daily living, making use of it to improve personal, professional, and health outcomes.
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Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaborative relationships to explore those opportunities and improve lives through the integration of Mindfulness.

EMDR

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​EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based treatment, recognized by the Veterans Health and Department of Defense as a valid treatment for Military Service Members with post-traumatic stress.
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It has received endorsements and testimonials ranging from first responders, well known actors and performers, and even public figures such as Prince Harry. 

• Can EMDR Remove Fear & Shame?! | Russell Brand & Jameela Jamil
• Prince Harry Speaks Out About His Experience with EMDR Therapy

Taking an eight-phased approach to treating mental health issues such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic, EMDR can help people heal the emotional distress caused by traumatic life experiences.

EMDR is also used to build resiliency, increase motivation to achieve goals, and optimum performance.
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Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaborative relationships to explore research and methods to improve lives through the integration of EMDR into treatment and achieving performance outcomes.

Equine & Animals

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Equine Study​ and Animal Assisted Therapy
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Spending time with animals is not only a rewarding pastime but also a topic of great interest to researchers. Many people consider horses and other animals to be a part of their family. Researchers continue to evaluate the use and/or integration of equine or animal-assisted therapy as part of one's recovery, mental health, and improvement in overall life satisfaction.

Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaboration to continue to support the measurement of the following forms of therapy, or experience both in residential and/or external settings.​

Movement & Integration

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Reduction of Symptoms & Self-Cultivation through Movement & Integration
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Yoga, Tai Chi, and other forms of exercise can be effective ways to improve mental focus and overall health. They are also becoming part of an integrated approach to reduce symptoms of mental health challenges, such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD.  

Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaboration to continue to support the measurement of benefits of these forms of recreation and self-cultivation both in residential and/or external settings.​

Experiential Therapies

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​It’s been said many times that “experience is the best teacher.” Yet, could it also be an effective way to support one in working through life challenges, healing past traumas, and perhaps even in reaching one's full potential?

​Experiential forms of therapy such as Psychodrama, Teledrama, or even Improv could be a way to achieve these goals, and perhaps even have fun in the process.
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Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaboration to continue to support the measurement of benefits of these forms of therapy and self-cultivation both in residential and/or external settings.

Reduction of Symptoms

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Integrated Reduction of Symptoms
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In many cases, it’s not one approach or tool that is a complete solution to one’s mental, physical, or professional health. Rather it’s the smart integration of many methods and treatments from multiple fields that provides the answer.

Life Works Foundation seeks funding and collaborative relationships to explore those methods of integration to improve performance, health, and quality of life.​